What are the origins of the Asante’s famous kente cloth? I traced its history to find out

By Dickson Adom, Lecturer, Educational Innovations in Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)

Kente is a prestigious royal cloth of Ghana’s Asante people, part of their historical and cultural heritage. But there’s a debate about where it originated: the Bonwire community or the Adanwomase community in the Ashanti Region. The Conversation Africa spoke to African art and culture researcher Dickson Adom about the origins of this world famous textile.

What is Asante kente and why is it unique?

Asante kente is a cloth that embodies the cultural heritage and history of the

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